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What is a quick way to duplicate a tab in macOS Safari?
Is there a quick way or shortcut to duplicate a tab in macOS Safari?
Dag Høidahl
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How to know what nsurlsessiond is downloading
I turned off all iCloud drive stuff and it seems something else is using it. I don't have photo sharing and photo syncing on between my Mac and iPhone. And I've turned off whatever I can. But still nsurlsessiond downloads over 400 MBs every time it…
Milad
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Wifi Keeps Dropping Macbook Pro 13in Retina Early 2015
I've tried everything I can think of. Resetting the router, changing the channel number and band.
The internet connection is fine, and then just hangs for a minute or 2, then returns to normal.
The wifi icon remains connected, and I have the…
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Is fine volume adjustment possible in macOS?
Question broadened, as this still works in 2021
On previous versions of Mac OS X pressing ⌥+⇧+volume+ would adjust the volume by quarter increments. This seems to have been removed in Lion.
Is there any way to do fine volume adjustment now?
cobbal
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how to check if it is safe to delete iNode file (or how to inspect its contents)?
How do I check if it is safe to delete the following file?
$ cd /lost+found/
$ file iNode44670523
iNode46670523: xar archive -version 1
Note: the date of the file indicates it is about 1 year old. the first 4 characters of the file are "xar!"
can I…
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OS X 10.10.1 /etc/hosts & /private/etc/hosts file is being ignored and not resolving
Like the title says, running os x 10.10.1. if i have an entry in my hosts file and do a dig or nslookup it still shows a different IP than what is in my hosts file even after trying to flush various caches.
I have tried the following..
flush mdns…
NDBoost
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Why does OS X show a forgot password prompt when trying to boot or wakeup screen?
Something came up today that bugged me a bit, I left my laptop on battery power before going to bed. When starting it up the battery was dead. I plugged it in, and here is what happened:
The startup progress bar came up for a while and then a forgot…
tar
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Is there a way to detect what program is stealing focus on my Mac?
I've got a problem with some app on my Mac stealing the keyboard focus (the current window's title bar becomes inactive). However, it is not actually putting up any windows or menu bar of its own, and it does not respond identifiably to keyboard…
Kevin Reid
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Quick Look support for non-native video files (.avi, .mkv) on Mavericks
In the past, we've been able to get codecs for DivX/XviD/MPEG4 and support for containers like AVI, MKV in Mac OS X's Quick Look feature using Perian (as per this question).
As noted on the Perian site, development has ceased, and future versions…
drfrogsplat
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Can't plot with gnuplot on my Mac
I am trying to plot with gnuplot on my Mac (OS X 10.8.5). I have installed X11 and XQuartz 2.7.4 and after that I installed gnuplot, but unfortunately gnuplot couldn't plot.
Simple plots like the following fail to render and have no error message…
Soheil
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For iTerm2, how do I make the working directory appear in the window title?
I recently switched to iTerm2 from the default Terminal app and have a usability issue.
On Terminal, the working directory you are in shows up on the title bar along with the process and pixel size. For example, when you click on Window to switch…
whiny_nil
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How can I add a private key to my keychain?
I am trying to add myRepositoryKey to my Mac keychain utility so . I exported this item in OpenRSA format from Putty. When I try to use Import Items, the file is unselectable. What do I need to do to import into my keychain? Does the file need a…
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How to wipe huge .MobileBackups folder?
I found my .MobileBackups folder quite large, it weighs 160 GiB. Shouldn't the .MobileBackups folder be wiped after the Time Machine 'backup session'?
Since I have backup done on my external drive how can I get back my 160GiB of HDD space? Can I…
maseth
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How can I browse photos on iPhone in Mac OSX?
Previously, on Windows, an iPhone was recognized as a camera and I could browse the image folder with Explorer without a need to import/download/transfer photo files to the computer.
Is there a way to do the same on macOS? All approaches I have ever…
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How do I make the hard drive visible in the Finder?
On OS X Lion I don't see the hard drive in the Finder and I seem to have no permission to create a folder under / from terminal.
I know I can do this if I activate the root user, but I need to be able to see the directories I have created under / in…
shebelaw
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